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Kabul

[ kah-bool, -buhl, kuh-bool ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Afghanistan, in the NE part.
  2. a river flowing E from NE Afghanistan to the Indus River in Pakistan. 360 miles (580 km) long.


Kabul

/ ˈkɑːbəl; kəˈbʊl /

noun

  1. the capital of Afghanistan, in the northeast of the country at an altitude of 1800 m (5900 ft) on the Kabul River : over 3000 years old, with a strategic position commanding passes through the Hindu Kush and main routes to the Khyber Pass; destroyed and rebuilt many times; capital of the Mogul Empire from 1504 until 1738 and of Afghanistan from 1773; university (1932). Pop: 3 288 000 (2005 est)
  2. a river in Afghanistan and Pakistan, rising in the Hindu Kush and flowing east into the Indus at Attock, Pakistan. Length: 700 km (435 miles)
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Kabul

  1. Capital of Afghanistan and largest city in the country, located in eastern Afghanistan.
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Notes

Strategically situated in a high, narrow valley wedged between two mountain ranges, it is near the main approaches to the Khyber Pass, an old trade and invasion route.
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Ms Hall became the fourth US citizen to be released by the Taliban since January after talks between officials in Kabul - in what the group described as a "goodwill gesture" towards the Trump administration.

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These decisions also come after US officials were hosted in the Afghan capital Kabul.

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The UK has shut its embassy in Kabul and withdrew its diplomats from the country after the Taliban returned to power.

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"We monitor the entire city of Kabul from here," says Khalid Zadran, a spokesperson for the Taliban police chief, pointing to one of the screens.

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The UK shut its embassy in Kabul and withdrew its diplomats from the country after the Taliban returned to power.

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